Improvement in coffee-making apparatus



P. J. CHURCHILL.

COFFEE MAKING APPARATUS.

Patented-Sept. 12, 1876.

No.18Z,15'7.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

P. JOSEPH CHURCHILL, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

lMPROVE MENT IN COFFEE-MAKING APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.182,167, dated September 12,1876; application filed May 23, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, P. JOSEPH CHURCHILL, a resident of the city of New Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Oofi'ee-Making Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and correct description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a simple and econo mical apparatus for obtaining from ground cofi'ee a strong, clear, and healthful beverage. Itsconstruction, operation, and merits will be readily understood by referring to the accompanying drawing, whereon-- Figure 1 represents a vertical section of my apparatus, and Fig. 2 a vertical section of the lower part of same. I A is the lower, and B the upper, section. The latter is provided,'in lieu of'the ordinary perforated strainers, with a conical flannel drip-bag, G, the mouth of which is provided with a metallic ring, a, which not only serves to keep the bag open, but answers as a means by which the said bag may be suspended from the annular rest I) of the upper section B. The inside of the cover I), which answers for either the upper or lower section of the apparatus, is provided with a hook, E, from which is suspended at certain stages of the process a flannel bag, F.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The coffee, previously parched and ground, is placed in the conical bag G, and boiling water poured over the same, care being taken plying the cover to the said lower section.

The mouth of this bag should be held at sufficient height above the surface of the water to prevent any escape of the grounds. The apparatus is then placed over a fire, so that the boiling of the water may extract all the essence from the grounds.

- Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 1 Patent, is-

An apparatus for making cofi'ee, consisting of the detachable sections A B, the latter provided with an annular rest, I), cover D having hook E, and bags O F, the whole constructed,

combined, and arranged to operate substan tially as described.

This specification signed this 22d day of February, 1876.

P. JOS. CHURCHILL.

Witnesses: w H. N. JENKINS, F. J. ROAGH. 

